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Riot

of the people, whether the act intended were of itself lawful or unlawful. By 13 Car. 2, c. 5, more than ten persons coming to present a petition to the King, and by 57 Geo. 3, c.

any person by force takes away or detains any woman being of age with like intent (Ib. s. 54). It is a misdemeanour:- (a) Where any person takes away an unmarried girl under 16 out of the … out of the jurisdiction: this is Contempt of Court (q.v.). See GUARDIAN. The statutes 13 Edw. 1, c. 34 & 35, dealing with the carrying away of married women with the goods of their husbands, the abduction

Penal statute

as the case may be. See 4 Hen. 7, c. 20; 31 Eliz. c. 3; 18 Eliz. c. 5; 21 Jac. 1, c. 4; the (England) House of Commons (Disqualification) Acts of 1782 and 1801; and Chitty's

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Promoter

Promoter, a term anciently sometimes applied to a common informer generally (see 5 Inst. 191), but in modern times applied only to the prosecutor of an ecclesiastical suit, as in Combe … in modern times applied only to the prosecutor of an ecclesiastical suit, as in Combe v. Edwards, (1878) 3 PD 103. Those who obtain, or take steps for obtaining, the passing of a private Act of Parliament,

Falsification

servitude up to seven years by s. 3(3) of the (English) Forgery Act, 1913 (3 & 4 Geo. 5, c. 27); and see the Act generally. 3. Books or Accounts by Clerks.--The (English) Falsification of Accounts Act,

Repugnant

in the one law conflicted directly with the command or power or provision in the other, Vishnu Battathiripad v. Pule Poulh, 1958 Ker LT 238: ILR 1957 Trav-Co. 670: 1958 Trav-Co. 327 (DB). Repugnant, that which is … in the other, Vishnu Battathiripad v. Pule Poulh, 1958 Ker LT 238: ILR 1957 Trav-Co. 670: 1958 Trav-Co. 327 (DB). Repugnant, that which is contrary to what is stated before. The rule of construction is that in

Governor

Indian Federation, who may also be His Majesty's representative [Government of India Act, 1936 (25 & 26 Geo. 5, c. 42)]. In Northern Ireland, the 'Governor.' Interpretation Act, 1889, ss. 18 and 42, provides that in all … King and the head of the local executive with powers limited by his commission, Cameron v. Kyte, (1835) 3 Knapp 332. In the Dominions of Canada, the Irish Free State and Union of South Africa, called the

Articles, Marriage

see Stamford v. Hobart, (1710) 3 Br PC (Tomk. Ed) 31, and Blandford v. Marlborough, (1743) 2 Atk. 542, and therefore the rule in Shelley's Case (now abolished in regard to instruments coming into operation after 1925,

Appointment in exercise of a Power

Vict. c. 26), s. 10, and the (English) Wills (Soldiers and Sailors) Act, 1918 (7 & 8 Geo. 5, c. 58), as to appointments exercisable by will; and see the (English) Law of Property Act, 1925, s. … legal estate in the appointee, who took as though he were named in such prior assurance. After the 31st December, 1925, a power of appointment of land can only operate inequity, (English) Law of Property Act, 1925,

Way

a city or town or between neighbours and neighbours. This is called in our books chimin, Co. Litt. 56 a. All ways are divided into highways and private ways. A right of way strictly means a private … kinds of ways:-1st, a footway (iter); 2nd, a footway and horseway (actus, vulgarly called packe and prime way; 3rd, via or aditus, which contains the other two, and also a cartway, etc.; and this is two-fold, viz.,

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